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sea lion close-up photo Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru animal photography Tags: close-up sea lion underwater Download sea lion close-up by jon cornforth 184 019 views Rating: +6 diver between two tectonic plates, iceland underwater life of poda island, thailand sea lion swim through a tunnel of fish ringed tubularia, the underwater pink flowers Place your ad here Loading... About OneBigPhoto is your daily dose of high quality photos. 2733 photos uploaded Important stuff Top rated Top galleries Submit photo Privacy policy Wallpaper Contact us Connect with us Search Some rights reserved. ©2013 OneBigPhoto.com Future Computer by Jakub Záhoř & Yanko Design - StumbleUpon Future Touch Tech This concept computer-of-the-future by designer Jakub Záhoř allows the user to operate the device anywhere they can find a glass surface. The user simply attaches the central unit to any glass surface like a window or coffee table, switches on the power, and watches their system light up before their eyes. The display appears as an interactive hologram on the glass that the user merely has to touch to operate. Designer: Jakub Záhoř

News - US introduces $60 LED light bulb 22 April 2012Last updated at 00:41 GMT LED bulbs should last about 100,000 hours - giving them a life of about 20 years A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years is going on sale in the US on Sunday - also known as Earth Day. Made by Dutch electronics giant Philips, the bulb swaps filaments for light-emitting diodes to provide illumination. Using LEDs endows the light with a long life and a hefty price tag. Philips has arranged discounts with shops that will sell the bulb meaning some could buy it for only $20 (£12). Production ban The bulb triumphed in the Bright Tomorrow competition run by the US Department of Energy that aimed to find an energy efficient alternative to the 60-watt incandescent light bulb. The DoE challenged firms to develop a design that gave out a warm light similar to that from an incandescent bulbs but was much more energy efficient. Philips was the only entrant for the competition and its design underwent 18 months of testing before being declared a winner.

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Snow Leopard Kitten On June 16th, 2008, the Binder Park Zoo, in Battle Creek Michigan welcomed the birth of this adorable little furball. These pictures were taken at 15 days of age. She looks like a demanding little girl That's better Total contentment Milk coma Baby Snow Leopard is Born BATTLE CREEK MI, July 2, 2008 –On June 16, 2008 Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan welcomed a 1 lb, 10 ½ inch baby female snow leopard cub. The new baby, now with her eyes open, is 15 days old, weighs almost 4lbs, and is 19 inches long from the top of her head to the tip of her tail. At birth, the baby cub spent approximately 2 hours with her mother (Lotus age 11), when she was removed for hand rearing by zoo staff. “We feel it’s very important to limit the amount of human contact that the new cub receives to lessen her imprinting on humans,” said Jenny Barnett Director of Wildlife Conservation at Binder Park Zoo. Snow Leopard Facts Binder Park Zoo…Come See Why We’re Different!

About StrengthsFinder 2.0 "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"-- Benjamin Franklin Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. In StrengthsFinder 2.0 Gallup unveiled the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more. Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and USA Today bestseller will change the way you look at yourself -- and the world around you -- forever.

Food Deserts and Obesity Role Challenged But two new studies have found something unexpected. Such neighborhoods not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the type of food being sold in a neighborhood and among its children and adolescents. Within a couple of miles of almost any urban neighborhood, “you can get basically any type of food,” said Roland Sturm of the RAND Corporation, lead author of one of the studies. Some experts say these new findings raise questions about the effectiveness of efforts to combat the obesity epidemic simply by improving access to healthy foods. “It is always easy to advocate for more grocery stores,” said Kelly D. Advocates have long called for more supermarkets in poor neighborhoods and questioned the quality of the food that is available. Mrs. Her office referred questions about the food deserts issue to the Department of Agriculture. Dr.

SkySafari Have you ever looked up at the night sky and gazed in wonder at it's beauty? How about in the comfort of your own home!? Well now you can with Vortex Planetarium, one of the most feature complete planetariums on the Android Market. Combining simplicity and beauty with unrivalled features and power, let Vortex provide you with a stunning view of the night sky. Features Augmented Reality (with camera support) Hold your device to the sky and see an accurate representation of the stars and planets. Location View the sky from any location - Use GPS, Network Provider or our powerful search feature to show you the night sky at your current location, or even the other side of the world. Time slider Using our inovative time slider, you can see how the skies looked at any point in time, with fine control over the abilty to rewind, or fast-forward time. Huge object database With over 20,000 objects to discover, you wont run out of things to search for! Facts and figures Events What's up?

move that camera Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru animal photography Tags: cheetah move that camera by tony karumba 40 508 views Rating: +3 Adorable Photos of Animals With Their Babies That Will Make You Go ‘Aww’ cheetah cub and her mother, kenya partners in photography cheetahs on a safari truck Place your ad here Loading... About OneBigPhoto is your daily dose of high quality photos. 2694 photos uploaded Important stuff Top rated Top galleries Submit photo Privacy policy Wallpaper Contact us Connect with us Search Some rights reserved. ©2013 OneBigPhoto.com

How John Green Won the Internet by Anna Minard - Seattle Books The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Dutton Juvenile, $17.99) On New Year's Day 2007, web designer Hank Green posted a video to YouTube outlining for his brother, young-adult author John Green, the rules of a video-blogging project: The brothers, then in their late 20s, had decided to quit "communicating through any textual means" for one year; their contact would be mainly through public YouTube videos uploaded every weekday. They did what anyone who's trying to make something authentic on the internet—as opposed to crass cross-platform branding—should do: They made stuff they liked. They gave each other challenges and punishments, told their favorite jokes ("What do neutrinos and I have in common? At the time the videos started, John had published two moderately successful novels, which had been well reviewed, won awards, and become favorites among booksellers and librarians. The Fault in Our Stars is the story of 16-year-old Hazel and her boyfriend, both of whom have cancer.

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